A quick passing storm left raindrops clinging to a spider web in Front Royal, Va. The photo was taken with a macro lens. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Candice Trimble, Your Take

A long-distance shot of Mount McKinley at midnight in Denali National Park, Alaska, on July 28, 2015. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Eric Bown, Your Take

A big cloud looms above White City, Ore., following a storm in July 2015. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Herb Kennedy, Your Take

An absolutely breathtaking sunset in Chicago on July 17, 2015. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Samantha Murphy, Your Take

A deer enjoys the scenery at Mt. Rainier National Park, on July 20, 2015.The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Jason Krump, Your Take

Lightning strikes the Washington Monument on Tuesday June 23, 2015, in a 6-second exposure that looks blurry because of the rain. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Paul Varnadore, Your Take

A massive cloud glows pink at sunset above Mitre Basin, in the southern Sierra Nevada, Calif. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com David Shavel, Your Take

A bright golden sunset in Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes, Death Valley. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Sangeeta Dey, Your Take

Sunset from 15,000 feet. The sun goes down over cloud-covered Dallas as the plane descends for landing. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Keith Kmett, Your Take

Clouds billow above the snow-capped peaks of the Rocky Mountains. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Savannah Cressman, Your Take

Beautiful mammatus clouds over Chicago on June 10, 2015. Shot taken after a storm rolled through. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com David Kahn, Your Take

During a 16 mile hike in the Marin Headlands of Sausalito, Calif., I unexpectedly entered this grove of eucalyptus trees. The rain had just stopped and leaves rustled in the gentle breeze. With the fog and mist all around, I had found the home of hobbits. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Sangeeta Dey, Your Take

This was the scene Saturday afternoon June 6, 2015, as a storm hit downtown Fort Lauderdale. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Dan Eidsmoe, Your Take

A mothership supercell approaches Iowa Park, Texas, in the spring of 2015. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Mike Mezeul II, Your Take

A lenticular cloud hovers over southern Oregon on May 31, 2015. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Herb Kennedy, Your Take

Sunset on the Desert: My first sunset at Joshua Tree National Park in California. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Mara Leite, Your Take

A rainbow shines bright over the lava rocks along Saddle Road on the way to Mauna Kea on the Big Island in Hawaii. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Sigmà Sreedharan, Your Take

Have original photos that you'd like to share? Join Your Take today. Sign in using your Facebook or Google+ account. By Renee Klahr, USA TODAY

It was a perfect day at Vail Pass in Colorado on Monday May 18, 2015, in between storms. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Wayne Cragg, Your Take

Rocky Mountain weather is so beautiful! A lone shower --- possibly virga -- near Denver. Virga is rain that evaporates before reaching the ground.The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Sue Weston Castellion, Your Take

A sun-kissed aerial view of the Chicago skyline and a few small cumulus clouds on May 17, 2015. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Samantha Murphy, Your Take

A cumulus congestus cloud billows above Olalla, Wash., last week. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Natasa Krizanic, Your Take

A funnel cloud spins over Knights Ferry, Calif., in April 2015. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Eric Houck, Your Take

A split sunset over Sunset Cliffs in San Diego. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Connie Karsh, Your Take

Lightning explodes across the night sky in Maryland. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Betty Horne Fowler, Your Take

Sunday night's full moon over Seattle was amazing to watch silently rise above our beloved Space Needle. The combination of blue sky, orange moon and famous architecture made for a memorable scene indeed! The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Tim Durkan, Your Take

A beautiful day in middle Tennessee as a bright, blue sky is framed by floating cumulus clouds in the breeze. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Steve Dycus, Your Take

The sun rises on the Sangre De Cristo range over Westcliffe, Colo., after a spring snowstorm. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Bob Reed, Your Take

A beautiful vista of the eastern Sierra near June Lake, Calif. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Rosemary Oreb, Your Take

El Cap on fire: Sunset on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park.The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Jared Ropelato, Your Take

The rain train: Rain clouds hover while traveling through Niles and Youngstown, Ohio. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Branden Morales, Your Take

Smoke from grassland fires in Siberia have found their way to the Pacific Northwest. The results have made for some incredible sunsets over the weekend which I photographed from the air and shorelines around Seattle. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Tim Durkan, Your Take

Seattle saw some crazy cool mammatus clouds on April 14, 2015. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Sigmà Sreedharan, Your Take

A glancing blow from a “coronal mass ejection” from the sun caused beautiful auroras over Anchorage, Alaska. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Sanjana Greenhill, Your Take

A cloud “springs a leak” while on a flight from Tacoma to Friday Harbor, Wash., last week. There was a line of micro-squalls along the eastern edge of the Olympic Mountains that day, while it was sunny over Seattle! The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Christopher S. Teren, Your Take

Spring in Cleveland: Your Take contributor Brian Fowler negotiates a paddleboard through small icebergs along the shores of Lake Erie in Northeast Ohio on April 2. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Roxana Rojas, Your Take

Lovely clouds billow in the skies over Arizona. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Adrian Montano, Your Take

A photographer's wide-angle lens captures an ominous sky over Fort Fisher Beach, N.C., on March 19.The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Marty Joyner, Your Take

A gorgeous Caribbean sky, “like a painting.” The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Klint Arnold, Your Take

A layer of clouds covers most of the sky while en route from Austin, Texas, to Washington, D.C. Nataile DiBlasio, Your Take

Clouds float above the Falkland Islands. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Paul A. Kandler, Your Take

The sun illuminates early morning fog in a grove of trees. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Bruce Thiel, Your Take

Mt. Princeton is looking great on a beautiful morning in the Arkansas Valley near Buena Vista after recent heavy snowfall in Colorado. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com William Helms, Your Take

A frozen Lake Ontario pier at sunset in Rochester, N.Y. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Ken Tucker, Your Take

Bakersfield boomer: A massive, ominous cloud hovers above Bakersfield, Calif., on Monday March 2. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Patti Kodysz, Your Take

Waited so long for a lenticular cloud over Mt. Baker in Washington State!! Finally! The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Eddie Murdock, Your Take

Sunset over Tuart Hill, Perth, Western Australia, looking towards the Indian Ocean. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Norman Burns, Your Take

Winter in the Pacific Northwest: Allyn, Washington state. Photo taken Feb. 17, 2015. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Natasa Krizanic, Your Take

Waves from Lake Michigan splash on a wintry day in Grand Haven, Mich., on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Anna Tymczak-Rzemieniuk, Your Take

Snowflakes from a relentlessly frigid winter in Northeast Ohio. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Jeffrey Goodman, Your Take

Tadpoles or clouds? "Sometimes clouds play with us. ... We need to be observant." Contributor Herb Kennedy saw this spectacular sight in White City, Ore., in November 2014. Herb Kennedy, Your Take

A winter rainstorm creates a dramatic scene over Cathedral Rock near Sedona, Arizona. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Ryan C. McGinley, Your Take

A lenticular cloud and a few other clouds hover east of Longs Peak, Colorado. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Dennis Simmons, Your Take

Like a cloud tsunami: "An unsettled day in North Carolina yielded this startling sight of what appeared to be a wall of clouds barreling our way. I pulled off the road and photographed it with my iPhone -- clouds often make me do that." The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Marty Joyner, Your Take

After last week's rains passed through, we woke up Sunday morning to dense fog, which started to clear as the sun rose on the Catalina Mountains near Tucson. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Diane Enright, Your Take

A classic combination of fire and ice. The morning sunrise broke the clouds to illuminate the frozen sculptures on the shore of Lake Michigan. From Port Washington, Wisconsin. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com James Meyer, Your Take

The beautiful island of Ghost (or Phantom) Ship in Crater Lake, Ore. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Bachir Badaoui, Your Take

It's National Squirrel Appreciation Day!The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Sharyl Zeno, Your Take

High winds and a setting sun create a dramatic scene in the Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes near Stovepipe Wells, Calif., in Death Valley. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Ryan C. McGinley, Your Take

Moonrise in the Himalayas: The moon rises over the 25,791-foot peak of Nuptse near Everest Base Camp on Nov. 30, 2014. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com By Dave Fredrickson, YourTake

Check out what Steve Wiggins commute looks like: "I took (it) while commuting to Panama City from Houston on Southwest Airlines. My weekly commute to and from work as a flight attendant based in Houston." The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Steve Wiggins, Your Take

A geomagnetic storm produced beautiful northern lights over Anchorage in early January 2015. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Sanjana Greenhill, Your Take

Nothing stops a Great Lakes surfer! Karol Garrison enjoying the view of the ice-covered outer lighthouse in Saint Joseph, Mich., from a stand-up paddle board. photo taken on Jan. 11, 2015.The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Josh Nowicki, Your Take

The sunrise creates magical colors over Seattle as seen in a view from the Columbia Center's Sky View Observatory. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com. Mike Reid, Your Take

A nighttime scene of the clouds rolling in during the massive winter weather system that hit California last week. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Steve Montalto, Your Take

A sunset last week in Issaquah, Wash., a suburb of Seattle. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Shubha Tirumale, Your Take

Wisconsin’s Port Washington lighthouse appears through the mist as hundreds of birds huddle in Lake Michigan. The photo was featured weather photo on USA TODAY in 2013. Eric Curtin, Your Take

Southern sun: Hazy sunshine filters through a layer of altocumulus clouds in Hallandale Beach, Fla., last week. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Paul Haidet, Your Take

Snowed under: A horse braves the snow in Washington, Mo., last month. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Tammi Elbert, Your Take

Icy evergreens: Freezing rain came to Front Royal, Va., earlier this week, coating everything in crystallized ice. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Candice Trimble, Your Take

Colorado cloud: A lenticular cloud hovers above the front range of the Rockies near Denver last weekend. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Tom Ryan, Your Take

A tree is silhouetted against a gorgeous evening sky last week near Montgomery Hills in San Jose, Calif. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Sangeeta Dey, Your Take

Smoky sunrise: A partly cloudy, foggy morning begins in the Great Smoky Mountains in North Carolina. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Anita Campbell, Your Take

Wintry wonder: Fresh snow covers the landscape at Squaw Creek Resort in California last month. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Alana Reid, Your Take

Iowa ice: Ice from an earlier cold snap remains above flowing water at the Saylorville Spillway on a mild day near Des Moines last week. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Tana Congi, Your Take

Majestic Mount Baker: The snow-covered mountain rises above western Washington on a clear day last month. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Eddie Murdock, Your Take

Alaska aurora: The aurora borealis is reflected in the Knik River near Anchorage. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Matt Skinner, Your Take

Colorful cold: A close-up of snowflakes in the sun in Mentor, Ohio, last week. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Jeffrey Goodman, Your Take

Clouds and a castle: A partly sunny day and Neuschwanstein Castle create a majestic scene in the German countryside. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Adriana Abarca, Your Take

Awesome Alps: A spectacular view of a glacier in the French Alps, as seen from a restaurant last month. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Gary Garton, Your Take

Cloud ripples: Intersecting ripples appear in a cloud layer over the Texas Panhandle last week. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Elizabeth Williams-Cox, Your Take

Sky canvas: Clouds undulate in the sky above Amarillo, Texas, at sunset last week. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Anthony Boyer, Your Take

Mountain marvels: The Colorado Rockies at sunset, as seen from 35,000 feet. The red on the mountaintops is sunlight and the white is snow. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Victor Mirontschuk, Your Take

Alluring Asia :A cloud layer shimmers and billows while the photographer was on a recent flight over Vietnam. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Reddy Sarsam, Your Take

Dew tell: Tiny drops of dew hang from a blade of grass in Olalla, Washington, last week. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Natasa Krizanic, Your Take

Fairy tale forest: Soft light creates a surreal autumnal scene in a forest in Boardman, Ore., last week. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Stephanie Sinclair, Your Take

Seattle sunset: A stunning end to the day, with Lake Washington in the foreground and Mt. Rainier in the background.
The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Gopal Seshadrinathan, Your Take

Sky, sand, and water: Scattered clouds float above Medano Creek in Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Janaki Wallooppillai, Your Take

Rockies rainbow: A rainbow appears over a valley in Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park last weekend. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Glenn Andrew, Your Take

Frosty morning: Tiny frost crystals coat the edges of leaves in Ann Arbor, Mich., earlier this week. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Dave Thurston, Your Take

Missouri menace: A large thunderstorm billows above Missouri, as seen while en route from Miami to Chicago last week. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Kevin Eastman, Your Take

Misty morning: Monday dawned misty and frosty at Falls Lake in Raleigh, N.C. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Marty Joyner, Your Take

Safari sunset: The photographer captures a spectacular sunset while on safari recently in Kenya. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Sherri Thomas, Your Take

Iceland snowscape: Snow-covered hills provide a serene backdrop for a home in Iceland on a mostly clear day last November. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Natasa Krizanic, Your Take

Gathering storm: A supercell thunderstorm rolls over the Plains. A tornado eventually formed under the storm. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Steve Tredway, Your Take

A stack of lenticular clouds piles up over the Sierra Nevada near Mammoth Lakes, Calif. "I followed the mothership cloud until I got close enough for the right background," said contributor Bachir Badaoui. Bachir Badaoui, Your Take

Sunset eclipse: Last Thursday's partial solar eclipse occurred at sunset in Myrtle Beach, S.C. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Matt Trudeau, Your Take

Awesome autumn: Clouds hover above train tracks on a fall day in Northeast Ohio. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Jeffrey Goodman, Your Take

Hills appear to vanish into the fog and low clouds on Mt. Washington in New Hampshire. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Chris Bjorgolfsson, Your Take

Fall fury: Autumn winds on Lake Michigan kick up some big waves by the Port Washington, Wis., lighthouse last week. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Eric Curtin, Your Take

Canyonland clouds: Clouds float above the Green River in Utah's Canyonlands National Park. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Robert Steffens, Your Take

Wyoming wonder: Clouds hover around the Grand Tetons in Wyoming on a fall morning. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Dara Fazel, Your Take

Thunder over the desert: An enormous monsoon thunderstorm builds over Arizona. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Brian Willits, Your Take

Idyllic Idaho: Small sun dogs (the colorful spots at far right and far left) appear in wispy cirrus clouds over Donnelly, Idaho. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Jonathan MacDonald, Your Take

Southern storm: Sinister clouds roll above a fence in Danville, Ark., last week. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Becky Foster, Your Take

Aspen autumn: Trees are ablaze with stunning yellows and oranges in Aspen, Colo., last week. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Reddy Sarsam, Your Take

Blood moon: The lunar eclipse turns the moon red over Murrells Inlet, S.C., early Wednesday morning. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Austin Bond, Your Take

Kentucky rain: A thunderstorm rolls over Lexington, Ky. The photo was taken while approaching the airport. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Jeff Mountain, Your Take

Impressive Idaho: Stratocumulus clouds blow over a windswept landscape in rural Idaho last weekend. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Marsha Boutelle, Your Take

South Carolina storm: An ominous storm cloud rolls over North Myrtle Beach, S.C. The four black spots over the beach are four helicopters, according to the photographer. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Ed Welshenbaugh, Your Take

A wall of fall: A recent drive down a dirt road revealed this lovely autumnal scene in New England. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Richard Crosier, Your Take

First snow: Low clouds bring the first snow of the season to Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park this week. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Melissa Richards, Your Take

Hawaii sunrise: The sun rises above the clouds as seen from the summit of the Haleakala Volcano on Maui. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Brian Cherkas, Your Take

Calm Carolina: A peaceful morning at the Wake Forest Reservoir in North Carolina last week. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Marty Joyner, Your Take

Fire in the sky: Smoke from California's King Fire wafts high into the atmosphere near Lake Tahoe on Tuesday. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Robert Wright, Your Take

Sky mountains: Wavy, billowing clouds hover over the eastern U.S. in August. The photo was taken while in flight from Connecticut to Atlanta. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Holly Donohue, Your Take

Valley fog: Fog settles in the valleys of central Pennsylvania one morning last week. Photo taken from 35,000 feet. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Tracey Morrow, Your Take

Monument Valley moonrise: The full moon rises at as the sun sets in Monument Valley, which is located in both Arizona and Utah. This photo, taken in Arizona, was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Dara Fazel, Your Take

Wondrous Washington: A summer sunset illuminates clouds over Mt. Rainier, with the placid water of Reflection Lakes in the foreground. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Sigmà Sreedharan, Your Take

Desert storm: Clouds build over the Red Rock Conservation Area west of Las Vegas last week, a day after heavy monsoon rains fell. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Kirk Nix, Your Take

California drought: An oak tree dries up near San Jose, Calif., last month. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Jeffrey Goodman, Your Take

Midwest menace: A massive thunderstorm cloud glides over Chicago on Wednesday. The photo was taken while landing at O'Hare. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Tracey Morrow, Your Take

Cottony clouds: A layer of small cumulus clouds hovers over Georgia as seen from onboard a flight from Michigan to Florida. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Bob Rejefski, Your Take

Wisconsin storm: The leading edge of a thunderstorm rolls above a farm in Suamico, Wis., on Monday. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Stephen Zimmermann, Your Take

Needle in the fog: Seattle's Space Needle rises up through a thick fog layer. The city has over 200 cloudy days a year. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Tim Durkan, Your Take

Racing the storm: A car races from bad weather near the Toroweap Overlook at the Grand Canyon's North Rim. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Mark Doiron, Your Take

Reflective sunrise: Trees are silhouetted against the colorful early morning sky in Scottsdale, Ariz., last week. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Hank Stites, Your Take

Southwest shower: A late-afternoon storm drops a small rainshower on Prescott Valley, Ariz., earlier this month. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com John Pogledich, Your Take

Morning magic: The rising sun shines through the Mesa Arch at Canyonlands National Park in Utah. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Ryan Engstrom, Your Take

Blue Ridge fog: Fog and low clouds hover over the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Mark Doiron, Your Take

What does this shape remind you of? An anvil cloud billows out atop a thunderstorm over Cuba in August 2014. Bob Mills, Your Take

Magnificent Montana: A double rainbow appears in the evening sky over Flathead Lake, Mont., last week. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Chuck Sutfin, Your Take

Oregon moonset: The Supermoon sets over a wildlife refuge on a hazy morning earlier this month near Dallas, Ore. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Bruce Lawson, Your Take

Stunning Southwest: A layer of cirrus clouds floats high above Monument Valley earlier this summer. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Cindy High, Your Take

Utah thunder: A summer storm rolls above Cedar Breaks National Monument in Utah. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Kirk Nix, Your Take

Florida phenomenon: A massive anvil cloud forms over the beaches of Ft. Myers as seen from the Sanibel Island causeway. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Michelle Stelter, Your Take

Mourning mist: Fog gathers in the low spots at Antietam National Battlefield in Sharpsburg, Md. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com Paula Mansfield, Your Take

Greenland glance: Three rivers of ice converge in southern Greenland last week. The photo was taken while en route from Edinburgh to Newark. The photo was submitted to USA TODAY via Your Take at yourtake.usatoday.com David Kolodziej, Your Take